translated from Spanish: Diego Simeone was voted best coach of the decade by IFFHS

Diego Simeone’s distinctions continue to arrive and this time makes him one of the most prestigious organizations in world football. While many have questioned the decisions made on the basis of data and the numbers that football has defied in history, many of them seem irreproachable. This time, the “Cholo” was considered the best coach of the decade and took over great figures and references. Being solely in charge of Atletico Madrid, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) presented him above Pep Guardiola, as his great rival. The Argentine manager accumulates a total of 502 matches at the helm of the Red-White team, with the best records in the club’s history: 302 wins, 118 draws and 82 losses. Simeone is also the second most official coach in history, behind only legend as Luis Aragonés (612).
Since reaching the bank of Atletico Madrid, he has won seven titles, becoming the most awarded manager: La Liga (13/14), a Copa del Rey (2013), two Europa League (2012 and 2018), two European Super Cups (2012 and 2018) and a Spanish Super Cup (2014). In addition, he was on the brink of two Champions Leagues, in which he fell to Real Madrid in both cases. The former DT of Racing Club, River and Estudiantes in Argentina had already been recognized by IFFHS as best technician, when he received the award in 2016. In that year, he won the award ahead of Frenchman Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid), Italian Claudio Ranieri (Leicester City) and Fernando Santos, Selecionador de Portugal.The “Cholo” was not the only Argentine on this list of the top 20 coaches of the 2011-2020s, but he was joined by Mauricio Pochettino, so achieved in Tottenham, and Marcelo Gallardo, at River Plate, who is also the sole representative of a South American club. Both added up the same number of points and came in ninth place. Top 20 Coach of the Decade by IFFHS

1. Diego SIMEONE -152 points
2. Josep GUARDIOLA – 144 points
3. Jorgen KLOPP – 105 points
4. José MOURINHO – 91 points
5. Maximilian ALLEGRI – 77 points
6. Una- EMERY – 70 points
7. Zinedine ZIDANE – 59 points
8. Carlo ANCELOTTI – 57 points
9. Mauricio POCHETTINO – 56 points
    Marcelo GALLARDO – 56 points
10. Antonio CONTE – 53 points
11. Claudio RANIERI – 36 points
12. Alex FERGUSON – 35 points
       Luis ENRIQUE – 35 points
13. Josef HEYNCKES – 34 points
14. Ernesto VALVERDE – 26 points
15. Arsene WENGER – 25 points
       Leonardo JARDIM – 25 points
16. Jesse MARSH – 22 points
17. Laurent BLANC – 21 points

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